Archive for the 'security'

• A Mexican Standoff with Reality

March 29th, 2009 by zen

Posted in 21st century, 3 gen gangs, 4GW, America, analytic, barack obama, bill richardson, COIN, counterinsurgency, criminals, Failed State, futurism, gangs, global guerillas, insurgency, intelligence, Mexico, military, national security, non-state actors, politics, public diplomacy, scenario, security, state failure, strategy, terrorism, transnational criminal organization, uncertainty | 37 comments

• On Tribes

March 10th, 2009 by zen

Posted in 21st century, 3 gen gangs, 4GW, anthropology, culture, david ronfeldt, global guerillas, hierarchy, ideas, intellectuals, john robb, lang, networks, organizations, primary loyalties, security, social networks, society, theory | 23 comments

• A Darwinian Counterterrorism Strategy

February 24th, 2009 by zen

Posted in 21st century, defense, Evolution, intellectuals, military, science, security, strategy, terrorism | 6 comments

• DNI Liveblogging Boyd ’08 !

December 7th, 2008 by zen

Posted in 2008, Boyd 2008, chet richards, complex systems, dni, john boyd, john robb, resilience, robb, Robert Paterson, security, strategy | 2 comments

• Spree Terrorism

November 29th, 2008 by zen

Posted in extremists, global guerillas, history, ideas, India, insurgency, national security, security, state terrorism, terrorism, theory, threatswatch | 18 comments